Whitehaven hoax: Ethical activism

Headlines have been dominated over the past 24 hours by activist Jonathan Moylan, who faces potential legal battles after his Whitehaven Coal hoax which temporarily devalued the company by 314 million dollars.

But ethicist Clive Hamilton believes this particular action is the result of Government's inability to effectively deal with the issue of climate change -- where activists are pushed into lawlessness in order to be heard.